Men's Indoor Track and Field

Rams Pole Vaulters Excel at Molloy Invite

Feb 14, 2014

- Indoor Track Molloy Invite at St. Anthony's H.S. -

Melville, N.Y. - At the 30 team Molloy Lions Invitational, held at St. Anthony's High School on Friday, February 14th, the Farmingdale State Pole Vaulters dominated the competition placing 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the event.

Freshman Karl Nilsen (Smithtown, N.Y.) took first place with a vault of 4.27m (14'). Placing second was sophomore Jordan Kohlman (Wantagh, N.Y.) with a jump of 3.81m (12' 6") and in third place was freshman Bryan Giordano (Brooklyn, N.Y.) with a 3.54m (11' 7 1/4") jump.

Sophomore Erin Donovan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) placed 6th in the women's Pole Vault with a personal best 2.44m (8') vault. Erin moves to #3 on the FSC all-time pole vault performance list. Erin also placed 6th in the high jump, tying her personal best of 1.47m (4' 9 3/4").

Freshman throwers Maia Cadle-Hinton (Huntington, N.Y.) and Stephen Schmidt (Levittown, N.Y.) once again set personal bests in their two events, the shot put and weight throw. Maia threw the shot 10.88m (35' 8 1/2") and moves to #6 on the All-Time list. Her 20 Lb. Weight Throw of 13.30m (43' 7 3/4") placed her 5th in the event and improved her all-time list performance. Stephen threw the shot 12.80m (42') and his 35 Lb. Weight Throw of 10.92m (35' 10 1/4") improves his all-time list ranking.

Additional notable performances:

Men's 60M dash - James D'onofrio, 7.15, new personal best and improves his all-time best performance